ANIMAL SPECIES:Steinitz' Shrimp Goby, Amblyeleotris steinitzi (Klausewitz, 1974)
Steinitz' Shrimp Goby is white with five red-brown bars. The white areas between the bars have pale yellow lines. The dorsal fins have orange dots.
Identification
Steinitz' Shrimp Goby is white with five red-brown bars. The white areas between the bars have pale yellow lines. The dorsal fins have orange dots.
Size range
The species grows to 8 cm in length.Distribution
Steinitz' Shrimp Goby occurs in tropical marine waters of the Indo-West Pacific.
In Australia it is known from the offshore reefs of Western Australia and from much of the Great Barrier Reef.
Habitat
It usually lives in a burrow with an alpheid shrimp.
Classification
- Species:
- steinitzi
- Genus:
- Amblyeleotris
- Family:
- Gobiidae
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Subphylum:
- Vertebrata
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
References
- Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Western Australian Museum. Pp. 292.
- Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & R.C. Steene. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Press. Pp. 557.
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